Melting constants in trade gravity’s rainbow

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2021
Volume: 201
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Customary empirical gravity models are parametric and rely on the assumption that exports from country i to j depend on an additive index of three components: i-specific supply potential which is common across importers j; j-specific demand potential which is common across exporters i; and bilateral trade frictions which are indexed by ij and common within ij in a generic period. We demonstrate that the data reject the constancy of these components within category. The variation of trade-agreement-depth effects within category across country pairs and time is striking.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:201:y:2021:i:c:s016517652100080x
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24